All these weapons were seized from people entering Sheffield Crown Court. Picture: Sheffield Central NHP.

Stabbings have claimed eight lives in Sheffield so far this year, with the latest victim losing a two-week fight for life last weekend.

Suspects have been charged over six of the eight deaths, with two cases remaining unsolved.

Kavan Brissett, 21, was knifed in his chest in an alleyway off Langsett Walk, near Upperthorpe, on Tuesday, August 14 and died in hospital four days later when his life support machine was switched off.